Description: In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes.
Brief description: Alex J. Novikoff teaches medieval history at Fordham University, where he has also served as the associate chair and director of undergraduate studies at the Center for Medieval Studies. He is the author of The Medieval Culture of Disputation: Pedagogy, Practice, and Performance (2013) and articles on medieval intellectual and cultural history, historiography, and interfaith relations. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain and a recipient of the Berlin Prize.
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"Alex J. Novikoff's The Twelfth-Century Renaissance will save many instructors weeks at the library designing their own reading packages...I would highly recommend this volume to anyone planning on teaching a course focusing on the twelfth century on advanced undergraduate or graduate level...The reader will also be highly useful to scholars trying to figure out what the twelfth century was about, from whatever direction they approach this question."
--Elizabeth Lapina, Sehepunkte